Another serious Raleigh, North Carolina (NC), traffic accident is being blamed on a drunk driver. The predawn SUV rollover wreck on I-440 near Six Forks Road sent three to the hospital with injuries and appears to have occurred after the driver began arguing with her passengers. Authorities do not believe speed was a contributing factor,…
In the early morning hours of March 11, 2012, two young men lost their lives and two more suffered injuries in a car crash just outside Hudson, North Carolina (NC), on Mission Road near Hickory Boulevard. The vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree. View Larger MapNorth Carolina Highway Patrol Troopers who responded…
In his latest post to our VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, my colleague Mark F. reports on a major victory for a patient who suffered a stroke following botched gastric bypass surgery at a Florida (FL) hospital. The man’s surgeon, doctors and nurses failed to diagnose or treat internal bleeding during the postoperative period, and…
A South Carolina widower received some measure of justice when a jury in Pickens County, SC, handed down a $2.4 million wrongful death award to be paid by surgeons and an obstetrics and gynecological medical practice. Jurors found that the defendant OB/GYNs had failed to diagnose and properly repair a bowel perforation following gynecological surgery…
On March 8, 2012, two accidents occurred near the Appalachian State University Convocation Center on Rivers Street in Boone, North Carolina (NC). One woman was left with injuries from the first crash scene and was taken to Watauga Medical Center. Police officers stated the same person caused both car accidents and have charged that driver with felony hit-and-run,…